I recently stumbled across a blog post from someone who’s been self-hosting for thirteen years, documenting their journey to what they consider their ideal setup: OpenSUSE MicroOS with Podman. It’s a fascinating read, but what really caught my attention wasn’t the technical stack itself – it was the discussion it sparked about complexity and what that even means in our world of DIY infrastructure.

One commenter absolutely nailed it: “There’s some major self-delusion involved in any self-hoster when they say their DIY stack is ’low complexity’. Let’s be honest, nobody else knows wth we did in there. We all build arcane rat’s nests and then go ‘isn’t that beautiful?’”